COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Name four types of risks that are properly retained solely by the owner. - ✔✔-site
access
-subsurface conditions
-acts of god-
economic disasters
-funding
-owner-furnished equipment
-environmental controls
-codes and regulations
-public disorder
✔✔Name the four types of risks that are properly allocated solely to the engineer or
architect. - ✔✔-errors and omissions
-conflicts in documents
-defective design
-shop drawings
✔✔What types of bonds are required to be provided by a bidder/contractor on a public
works contract?
(a) Bid bond
(b) Payment bond
(c) Performance bond - ✔✔(a) Bid bond
(b) Payment bond
(c) Performance bond
✔✔If the specifications are silent on the subject, but a contractor asks you, as the
Resident Project Representative or inspector, how to perform the work, which of the
following is the recommended procedure?
(a) Be ready to help by telling the contractor your opinions, because as a member of the
construction team, it is your responsibility.
(b) Politely decline because construction means and methods are the sole prerogative
of the contractor.
(c) Direct the contractor how to perform the work because you know that if the
contractor asked you, it meant that he or she did not know how to execute the work, and
the project may otherwise suffer delays or failures. - ✔✔(b) Politely decline because
construction means and methods are the sole prerogative of the contractor.
✔✔When should the bidder submit the payment bond, the performance bond, and the
certificate of insurance?
(a) after Agreement, but before the Notice to Proceed
(b) during the bid phase
(c) after Notice to Proceed
, (d) prior to advertising for bids
(e) after bid opening, but before Award of Contract
(f) after award, but before the owner signs the Agreement - ✔✔(f) after award, but
before owner signs the Agreement
✔✔When should a prebid conference be held?
(a) after Agreement, but before the Notice to Proceed
(b) during the bid phase
(c) after Notice to Proceed
(d) prior to advertising for bids
(e) after bid opening, but before Award of Contract
(f) after award, but before the owner signs the Agreement - ✔✔(b) during the bid phase
✔✔Which kind of bid is the only one suited for the Schedule of Values?
(a) unit price
(b) cost plus fee
(c) lump sum
(d) cost plus - ✔✔(c) lump sum
✔✔When should a preconstruction conference be held?
(a) after Agreement, but before the Notice to Proceed
(b) during the bid phase
(c) after Notice to Proceed
(d) prior to advertising for bids
(e) after bid opening, but before Award of Contract
(f) after award, but before the owner signs the Agreement - ✔✔(c) after Notice to
Proceed
✔✔What is the proper method of responding to bidder
inquiries during the bid phase of a project? - ✔✔issue addenda
✔✔A builder's risk "all-risk" policy of construction
insurance covers all perils without additional
endorsement.
(a) True
(b) False - ✔✔(b) False
✔✔What is a nonresponsive bid? - ✔✔doesn't follow bid rules, gets thrown out
✔✔Explain the nature and purpose of a price allocation
form, or schedule of values. - ✔✔used to determine monthly payment amount, only for
vertical construction
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Name four types of risks that are properly retained solely by the owner. - ✔✔-site
access
-subsurface conditions
-acts of god-
economic disasters
-funding
-owner-furnished equipment
-environmental controls
-codes and regulations
-public disorder
✔✔Name the four types of risks that are properly allocated solely to the engineer or
architect. - ✔✔-errors and omissions
-conflicts in documents
-defective design
-shop drawings
✔✔What types of bonds are required to be provided by a bidder/contractor on a public
works contract?
(a) Bid bond
(b) Payment bond
(c) Performance bond - ✔✔(a) Bid bond
(b) Payment bond
(c) Performance bond
✔✔If the specifications are silent on the subject, but a contractor asks you, as the
Resident Project Representative or inspector, how to perform the work, which of the
following is the recommended procedure?
(a) Be ready to help by telling the contractor your opinions, because as a member of the
construction team, it is your responsibility.
(b) Politely decline because construction means and methods are the sole prerogative
of the contractor.
(c) Direct the contractor how to perform the work because you know that if the
contractor asked you, it meant that he or she did not know how to execute the work, and
the project may otherwise suffer delays or failures. - ✔✔(b) Politely decline because
construction means and methods are the sole prerogative of the contractor.
✔✔When should the bidder submit the payment bond, the performance bond, and the
certificate of insurance?
(a) after Agreement, but before the Notice to Proceed
(b) during the bid phase
(c) after Notice to Proceed
, (d) prior to advertising for bids
(e) after bid opening, but before Award of Contract
(f) after award, but before the owner signs the Agreement - ✔✔(f) after award, but
before owner signs the Agreement
✔✔When should a prebid conference be held?
(a) after Agreement, but before the Notice to Proceed
(b) during the bid phase
(c) after Notice to Proceed
(d) prior to advertising for bids
(e) after bid opening, but before Award of Contract
(f) after award, but before the owner signs the Agreement - ✔✔(b) during the bid phase
✔✔Which kind of bid is the only one suited for the Schedule of Values?
(a) unit price
(b) cost plus fee
(c) lump sum
(d) cost plus - ✔✔(c) lump sum
✔✔When should a preconstruction conference be held?
(a) after Agreement, but before the Notice to Proceed
(b) during the bid phase
(c) after Notice to Proceed
(d) prior to advertising for bids
(e) after bid opening, but before Award of Contract
(f) after award, but before the owner signs the Agreement - ✔✔(c) after Notice to
Proceed
✔✔What is the proper method of responding to bidder
inquiries during the bid phase of a project? - ✔✔issue addenda
✔✔A builder's risk "all-risk" policy of construction
insurance covers all perils without additional
endorsement.
(a) True
(b) False - ✔✔(b) False
✔✔What is a nonresponsive bid? - ✔✔doesn't follow bid rules, gets thrown out
✔✔Explain the nature and purpose of a price allocation
form, or schedule of values. - ✔✔used to determine monthly payment amount, only for
vertical construction
